Sudhir Jha

Sudhir Jha is the CoFounder and CEO of Purgo AI. Previously, he was Mastercard Executive Vice President and Head of Brighterion. Brighterion, acquired by Mastercard in 2017, provides enterprise AI applications for payment service providers, financial institutions, healthcare payers, and merchants. More than 2,000 companies worldwide, including 76/100 of the largest U.S. banks, use Brighterion AI-powered technology to protect against fraud and risk. Prior to joining Mastercard, he was Senior Vice President at Infosys Limited, where he led their AI Platform and Solutions business, managing all product, engineering, and services functions. During his tenure, Sudhir drove the development and growth of Infosys Nia, an industry-leading enterprise AI platform, establishing Infosys as a leader in AI-driven business transformation solutions for Global 2000 companies.

Prior to joining Infosys, Sudhir spent more than nine years at Google. He was product head of policy enforcement for Google’s multi-billion-dollar Personalized Ads. He also led financial fraud management across all Google products, establishing industry benchmarks for loss prevention while minimizing the impact on good customers. Additionally, he helped Google develop its first proprietary CRM system, now used by its worldwide sales team. Previously, Sudhir held leadership roles with two start-ups that were successfully acquired. Sudhir began his career at Intel, where he held various roles in product marketing and software engineering over his eight-year tenure. Sudhir holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from IIT Kanpur, a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Rochester, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.